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General Insect and Mite Pests of Ornamentals

• Aphids
• Ash Borer
• Bagworm
• Balsam Twig Aphid
• Balsam Woolly Adelgid
• Bark Beetles
• Black Vine Weevil
• Blackheaded Pine Sawfly
• Boxwood Leafminer
• Boxwood Mite
• Catalpa Sphinx Caterpillar
• Cicada (also called: locust, 17-year cicada, periodical cicada)
• Cicada Emergence (Virginia Counties and year)
• Cottony Maple Scale
• Cucumber Beetles
• Dogwood Borer
• Dogwood Twig Borer
• Eastern Tent Caterpillar
• Euonymus Scale
• European Hornet
• European Rose Slug
• Fall Webworm
• Galls
• Gloomy Scale
• Gypsy Moth
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
• Hickory Leaf Stem Gall Aphid
• Holly Leafminer & Native Holly Leafminer
• Imported Willow Leaf Beetle
• Introduced Pine Sawfly
• Iris Borer
• Japanese Weevil
• Juniper Scale
• Juniper Webworm
• Lace Bugs
• Lilac Borer
• Locust Leafminer
• Locust Borer
• Longhorned Beetles/Roundheaded Borers
• Magnolia Soft Scale
• Maple Gall Mites
• Mimosa Webworm
• Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
• Obscure Scale
• Oystershell Scale
• Pales Weevil
• Periodical Cicada
• Pine Bark Adelgid
• Pine Bud Mite/Needle Sheath Mite
• Pine Sawyers
• Pine Shoot Beetle
• Pine Tortoise Scale
• Pine Needle Scale
• Redheaded Ash Borer
• Redheaded Pine Sawfly
• Red Imported Fire Ant
• San Jose Scale
• Scale Insects
• Southern Pine Beetle
• Spider Mites
• Spruce Spider Mites
• Tarnished Plant Bug
• Thrips
• Tulip Tree Leaf Miner
• Tulip Tree Scale
• Twig Girdler & Twig Pruner
• Virginia Pine Sawfly
• Wax Scale
• White Pine Weevil
• Whiteflies
• Willow (Imported) Leaf Beetle

Developed by Eric R. Day, Manager, Insect Identification Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech

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Revised 3/21/06